Package forming and sealing machine.



P. SCHILLAT. PACKAGE FORMING AND SEALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-18,1916.

ilfiwlm. Patented Dec. 26,1916.

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P. SCHILLAT.

PACKAGE FORMING AND SEALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1916.

1,21 0,104. Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

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PACKAGE FORMING AND SEALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1916.

1 ,2 1 U, 1 04. Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- INVENTOR WITNESSES PHILIP SCHILLAT, 0F SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

PACKAGE FORMING AND SEALING MACHINE. I

containing cakes or the like.

The invention has for another object the. provision of a machine of this character which will be constructed in such a manner as to include retaining members for the cakes or other articles to be wrapped and means for applying paste to the papers employed to form the packages.

The invention has for a further object a machine of this character which will be of such construction and operation that it may be. readily operated by a treadle to control the article holding members and the paste applying mechanism while the hands of the operator are free to Wrap the papers around the articles and secure the seals to the ends of the packages.

The invention has for a still further ob- I ject, theprovision of a machine of this character which will be composed of the minimum number of parts, may be operated by a single attendant and will be highly eflicient in use.

With the above and other objects in View,

the invention resides in the novel constructlon, combinatlon and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth in the specification,

pointed out in the claims andshown in the drawings, 'inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete machine, Fig. 2 is'a longitudinal vertical section through the same, Fig. 3 is a plan view with the top removed, Fig. 4 is a transverse section substantially on the plane of line 44 of 3 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig; 5 is a transverse vertical section substa' 'ally on the plane of line 5--5 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 6

is a detail section on the plane of line 6-6 of Fig. 3, Fig. 7 is a detail perspective of Patented Dec. 2 6, 1916.

Application filed January 18, 1916. Serial No. 72,793.

certain of the operating levers, and, Fig. 8 is ,a detail transverse section on the plane of line 88 of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which similar reference characterdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 designates the frame body supported upon suitable legs 2 connected by the members 3. The frame body 1 has a suitable base 4 mounted therein to support certain parts of the machine, as will be later clearly apparent and said frame body 1 is also provided with a hinged top 5 which carries the pairs ofprotecting hoods 6 and 7 respectively, the purpose of which will presently appear. The top 5 also has a trough opening 8 between the hoods 7 and a seal supporting member 9 over one of said hoods 7. The top 5'is furthermore provided with a paste jar opening 10 in one end, outwardly of the adjacenthood 6 and it will be understood that the trough opening 8 extends back between the hoods 6, as will be readily seen by referring to the drawings.

The trough block 11 is positioned centrally upon the forward'portion of the base 4 and has a trough 12 formed in its upper face to support a pack ofwrapping papers 13. Slidably mounted within the hoods 7 are the reciprocating article holding members 14 which have the caps 15 positioned upon their opposed ends and provided with curved article engaging and holding extremities 16 which may be composed of leather or any other suitable material. The caps 15 are resiliently held in their extended positions by the cushion springs 17 placed in the same and bearing against the closed ends of said caps 16 and the ends of the reciprocatory members 14. The caps 15 are guided and'limited in their movements upon the members l4-by suitable guide pins 18 carried by the members 14 and connected through the guide slots 19 extending longitudinally in the caps 15.

The members 14 are provided with squared longitudinal bores 20' to receive the upper horizontal ends 21 of the supporting bars 22 upon which the members 14 are adapted to reciprocate. The lower-horizontal ends 23 of the stationary supporting bars 22 are secured in a suitable manner, as clearly extended through the latter. Each reciprocating member 14 carries a depending extension 24 provided, with an elongated horizontal slot 25 within which is engaged pin 26 having a clamp nut 27 mounted thereon. The pin 26 is engaged in an elongated slot 28 in the upper end of the lever 29 which extends through and is pivoted in the base 4, as shown at 30. The springs 31 and 32 are connected with the lever 29 above and below the pivot pin 30 of the latter and the upper spring 31 is secured to the trough understood by referring to Figs. 1, 3 and 4 block 11 while the lower spring 32 is secured to a depending portion of the frame body 1. The springs 31 and 32 serve to resiliently retain the lever 29 in normal position.

To the lower end of the lever 29 is' pivoted one end of a connecting rod 33 which the rear end of which is hinged by a suit-- able hinge 38 to the rear bracing member 3' for the legs 2 while the forward end of said treadle is normally raised and extended over the forward bracing member 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. Each side of the machine, as far asdescribed, is the same and therefore a detailed description of the one side serves as a description of both sides.

One bell crank lever 34 is provided in its remaining or second mentioned arm with an elongated slot 39', within which is engaged the bent end 40 of an arm 41 mounted 'upon and projecting laterally from one endof the.

rotatable rod 42 mounted in suitable brackets 43 secured upon the under face of the base 4. A lateral arm 44 is also mounted upon the opposite end of the rod 42 and it will be understood that said rod 42 extends .end of the lever 48, which latter is rigid with the shaft 49 carrying the large gear wheel 50. The shaft 49 is mounted in suitable bearing brackets 51 secured upon the upper face of the base 4 and the large gear wheel 50 meshes with and drives. the small gear wheel 52 mounted upon one end of the shaft 53. The shaft 53 extends across the rear edge of the trough block 11 and is mounted in suitable bracket'arms 54 projecting upwardlv from the opposite sides of said trough block 11, as will be readily of the drawings.

The brush carrying arms 55 are adjustably mounted as shown at 56, upon the shaft 53 supporting rod 57. A clamp 58 is rigidly The flexible portion 61 of the brush normally engages the paste gathering roller 62 which is mounted upon a shaft 63 having its opposite ends journaled in suitable bearings 64 carried upon the base 4. A portion of the paste gathering roller 62 depends into the paste tank 65 which is also mounted upon the base 4 and at the rear of the same.

The shaft '63 has a sprocket gear 66 mounted thereon adjacent one end and connected with and driven by a sprocket wheel 67 carried by the shaft 53, by means of a sprocket chain 68. It will therefore be seen that rotation of the shaft 53 will also cause rotation of the shaft 63.

supporting rod 57, I have provided a brush turning arm 69, which is pivoted to the bracket arm 54 below the shaft 53, by one end, as shown at 70 while its opposite end is pivoted to the opposite end 71 of the rod 57. It will therefore be seen that as the shaft 53 is rotated upon operation of the treadle 37, and through the medium of the rod 42 and parts connected with the same, and the gears 501and 52, the.brush will be caused to swing over the rod 57 to bring the edge of the flexibleeportion 61 of said brush into engagement with the rear edge of the uppermost wrapping paper 13 positioned in the trough 12, as indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 4.' It will be eVident that the brush will swing in a reversed direction and return to engagement with the paste gathering roller 62, during return or upward movement of the treadle 37. It will also be seen that the paste gathering brush 62 will be caused to rotate for a limited distance in first one direction and then the other as the brush swings back and forth during downward and upward movement of the treadle 37, thereby causing the roller 62 to brin from the paste tank 65 a fresh supply 0 paste for-the brush with each operation ofthe machine. The base 4 also serves to support a paste jar 72 which projects through the opening 10 in the top .5 when the latter is in proper position." It will also be seen that the pairs of hoods 6- and 6 serve to cover and protect practically all of the movable parts of the machine. I

From the foregoing it will be evident that the machine may be operated by a single 1,210,,i0a a treadle the paste brush returns to position against the paste gathering roller 62 and y the cushion end 16 of the caps 15 carried by the reciprocating members 14: also return to normal position and engage the cake or cakes to hold the'same in proper position. The spring 17is very weak however and therefore only a slight pressure is exerted uponthe cake or cakes and without injury to the latter. After the treadle has returned to normal position, the operator may wrap the paper around the cake or cakes and se-.

cure the longitudinal edge of the wrapping paper to form the package. The treadle 37 may then be again forced downwardly to withdraw the caps 15 and move the same together with the reciprocating members 14 outwardly, bringing the brush into engagemen? with the rear longitudinal edge of the next wrapping paper 13 to apply paste to the same. The treadle should be held in its lower-most position until the ends of the package formed in the trough 12 are turned inwardly to close the ends of the package. The package may then be removed and caps or seals from upon the table 9 secured upon the ends of the package toseal the same,

after the seals have been dipped in the I paste jar 72. A new cake or cakes to be placed in. the second package may then be placed upon the pasted wrapping paper 13 between the caps 15 and the treadle 37 permitted to again move upwardly to return the brush to normal position, permit move-- ment of the caps 15 into engagement with the cake or cakes and permit the new wrap a ping paper to be secured around the cakeor cakes. Thi s operation may be repeated until all of the packages are formed and sealed and it will be readily seen that all of the operative" parts will be cont-rolled by movement of the treadle 37 leaving the hands of the operator or attendant entirely free for wrapping and sealing. the packages. It will also be evident that the machine may be ficing any of the advantages of the same.

I claim: 1. A package wrapping and sealing machine comprising means for supporting wrapping papers, movable devices for holding articles upon said wrapping papers while being wrapped, means for applying paste to said wrapping papers, means for actuating said article-holding devices and means for simultaneously operating both of said means.

2. A package wrapping and sealing machine comprising a block having a trough formed therein, means for applying paste to papers resting-in said trough, means for holding articles to be wrapped upon said papers, means for operating the last mentioned means'and connections between the last mentioned means and the paste apply- 1 7 means.

4. A package wrapping and. sealing machine comprising a' base, supporting means for said base, a treadle mounted on said supporting means, wrapping papers suportin means carried b said base article 21 holding means mounted on said base, operative connection between said article holding. means and said treadle, paste applying means'for said wrapping papers, operative connection between said paste applying means and the operating means for the article holding means, and means for reversing the paste applying means.

5. A package wrapping and sealing machine comprising wrapping paper supporting means, movable article holding means normally projecting over said wrapping paper supporting means, means to hold articles in position while being wrapped, means for withdrawing said members, means for applying paste to the wrapping papers upon Y said wrapping paper supporting means, means for operating the paste applying means, and connections between the last mentioned means and the withdrawing means for the article holding means.

6. A package wrapping and sealing machine comprising ad ustable and reciproeating article supporting means, a trough adapted to receive wrapping papersdisposed beneath said article supporting means, means for applying paste to the wrapping paper, a treadle, an operating lever connected with said treadle and adapted to be operated by the same, a bell crank lever connected with said operating rod, means connected with said bell crank lever to resaid wrapping papers, and connection between said paste applying means and said withdrawing means.

S. A package wrapping and sealing machine comprising wrapping paper supporting means, means for holding articles in position upon said wrapping papers, a paste tank, a paste brush, a rotatable roller engaged in said paste tank, said brush being normally engaged with said roller, means for swinging said brush into engagement with said wrapping papers to apply paste to the latter, means for withdrawing the article holding means, and means for reversing the position of said brush during swinging movement of the same.

9. A package wrapping and sealing machine comprising wrapping paper supporting means, a paste tank, a paste brush for applying paste from said tank to papers resting upon said supporting means, a pair of alined article holding members movable toward each other for holding articles above the wrapping papers upon said supporting means, and means for simultaneously operating the article-holding members and controlling the operation, of the brush.

10. A package wrapping and sealing machine comprising'a frame body, supporting means for said body, a base in said body, a cover for said base, a trough adapted to contain wrapping papers positioned upon said base, opposed article engaging members extending over said papers to support articles to be-wrapped in position upon said papers, means for moving to and from each other said article engaging members, a paste brush, means for swinging said brush into contact with the wrapping paper, and means for giving said brush an independent rocking movement.

11. A package wrapping and sealing ma chine comprising a frame body, supporting means for said body, a base in said body, a cover for said base, a trough containing w apping papers positioned upon said base,

opposed article engaging members extending over said papers to support articles to be wrapped in position upon said papers, means for moving upwardly said article engaging members, means for applying paste to said papers, means for controlling the paste applying means, and an operating treadle for operating said controlling means and the separating means for said article engaging members. 7

12. A package wrapping and sealing machine comprising a frame body, supporting means for said body, a base in said body, a cover for said base, a trough containing Wrapping papers positioned upon said base,

13. A, packagewrapping and sealing ma-'- chine comprising a base, a frame for supporting said base, supporting means for said frame, wrapping paper supporting means mounted upon said base, adjustable and reciprocating article engaging members extending over said papers from opposite sides of the latter, caps carried by said members, resilient connection between said caps and said members, pads mounted upon said caps to engage articles resting upon said papers when said membersand caps are in their innermost position, a pair of hell crank levers, an operating treadle, connections between said treadle and said bell crank levers, connections between said bell crank levers and said members to move the latter and said caps outwardly uponmovement of saidtreadie in one direction, means for returning the parts to normal position, and means for applying paste to said papers. 7

14. A package wrapping and sealing machine comprising a base, a frame for supporting said base, supporting means for said frame, wrapping paper supporting means mounted upon said base, Wrapping papers resting in said means, adjustable and reciprocating article engaging members extending over said papers from opposite sides of the latter, caps carried by said members, resilient connections between said caps and said members, pads mounted upon said caps to engage articles resting upon said paper's when said members and caps are in their innermost position,a pair of bell crank levers, an operating treadle, connections between said treadle and said bell crank levers, connections between said bell crank levers and said ,members to move the latter and said caps chine comprising a base, a frame supporting said base, wrapping paper supporting means mounted upon said base, adjustable and re-- ciprocating article engaging members extending over said papers from opposite ends of said paper supporting means, resiliently supported caps carried by said members, a paste gathering roller, a paste brush normally engaged with said roller, means for swinging said brush between the roller and the wrapping papers to apply paste to said papers, means for independently rocking said paste brush during its swinging movement, and means for simultaneously operating the brush and the article engaging members. r

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' PHILIP SGHILLAT.

Witnesses:

HENRY SGHEUER, R. E. FENTON. 

